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On 17 August 1920 – at the same time when the Polish Army was fighting off the attack of the Bolsheviks near Warsaw – on the outskirts of Lwów near the railway station in Zadwórze, Polish defenders launched a daring aggressive assault and halted the advance of the overwhelming forces of the First Cavalry Army of Semyon Budyonny for many hours, until they ran out of ammunition. Almost all the defenders from the unit led by Captain Bolesław Zajączkowski died in the clash – 318 out of 330 soldiers were killed, while the commander himself along with the last remaining defenders decided to commit suicide in order not to fall into the hands of the Bolsheviks. In spite of the victory at Zadwórze Budyonny decided not to seize Lwów, even though he was ...